Learning Assessment Strategies

Field Study On Scoring Rubrics

Episode 4
Name of FS Students:

Al Rashid A. Egca
Course/Year and Section: BEED III HELE Resource Teacher: Mrs. Nona L. Gayotin School: Aguisan Elementary School Signature ______________

My Tools
Interview of my Resource Teachers I will ask the following Questions: 1. Where do you use the scoring rubrics? (student outputs or products and student activities) I used scoring rubrics to guide the analysis of the products or processes of students' efforts. I also use this to evaluate group activities, extended projects and oral presentations.

2. What help have scoring rubrics given you? When there were no scorin rubrics yet, what did you use? Scoring rubrics gives me the consistency in evaluating my students work. Through the use of rubrics, my students will know what I am expecting of them in terms of their works. When there were no scoring rubrics yet, I used checklist but its only limited when compared to scoring rubrics.

3. What difficulties have you met in the use of scoring rubrics? My difficulties in using rubrics is that good rubrics are difficult to construct. Sometimes students met the criteria of rubrics but still their works are not that good. In making rubrics it should be written in a meaningful way.

4. Do you make use of holistic and analytic rubrics? How do they differ? Yes, I used both of the rubrics because it helps me a lot. They differ from each other in the sense that Analytic rubrics identify and assess components of a finished product while Holistic rubrics assess student work as a whole.

5. Which is easier to use analytic or holistic? Both rubrics are easy to used. Neither rubric is better than the other. Both have a place in authentic assessment, depending on who is being taught and how many teachers scoring the product.

6. Were you involved in the making of scoring rubrics? How do you make one? Which is easier to construct- analytical or holistic? In making scoring rubrics, most of the teahers are not involved because scoring rubrics are always uniform in many school because it is from the higher office. In my own opinion, holistic rubrics is easy to construct because it assessed the totality of a specific product or project in a quicker time.

Research
I will research on the following: Types of Rubrics Holistic rubrics consists of a single scaleall factors that are to be evaluated are identified together for each level of performance. It might be a checklist or a description of each attainable level of performance. Analytical rubrics are excellent tools for teaching as well as for assessment. An analytical rubric consists of multiple, separate scales, and therefore provides a set of scores rather than just one. The multiple scales enable students to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses related to each criterion. The analytical

rubric provides feedback to students by letting them know exactly which elements of the skill were mastered and which need more practice. When to use rubrics Rubrics are best suited for situations where a wide range of variation exists between whats considered very proficient and whats considered not yet proficient. Teachers have found rubrics to be every useful in providing guidance and feedback to students where skills and processes are the targets being monitored. Examples of skills or processes that adapt well to being rubriced include: the writing process, the application of the method of scientific inquiry, thinking skills (i.e. constructing support, compare, problem solving, etc.), and life-long learner skills (i.e. collaborative worker, quality producer, etc.).

How to construct the two types of rubrics Analytic rubrics can be created in Excel (and information can easily be aggregated and numerically summarized), with Word's table function, or even just sketched out on a pad of paper. Additionally there are several free (though generally registration is required) on-line generators for rubric creation. How an analytical rubric is created: 1. Determine the various skills and abilities that students should demonstrate to show achievement of the learning outcome(s). 2. determine the levels of achievement possible given the expectations of what students are to be able to demonstrate. 3. create descriptions for the criteria along each level of achievement. The steps for creating a holistic rubric are similar to that of the analytical, but do not describe each criteria and level of achievement separately as the scorer will be selecting one holistic score for the entire assignment rather than separate scores for each criterion. In general holistic rubrics are considered faster to create and implement, however, they do not facilitate analysis and feedback in the same way as analytical rubrics. 1. Determine all the skills and abilities students need to demonstrate in order to achieve the learning outcome. Clarity, organization, and grammar. 2. Determine the appropriate levels of accomplishment. Needs improvement, developing, sufficient, and above average. 3. Write an overall description of how a student would demonstrate the learning outcome for each level of accomplishment. When creating a holistic rubric this step cannot be skipped.

 Advantages and disadvantages of scoring rubrics Advantages of Rubrics in General Forces the teacher to clarify criteria in detail. Useful feedback for the effectiveness of instruction. Motivates students to reach the standards specified. Narrows the gap between instruction and assessment. Flexible tool, having uses across many contexts, in many grade levels and for a wide range of abilities. Potential to be transferred into grades if necessary. Can offer a method of consistency in scoring by clearly defining the performance criteria. Giving the child more control of their own learning process. Potential to open communication with caregivers.

Disadvantages of Rubrics in General Rubrics can also restrict the students mind power in that they will feel that they need to complete the assignment strictly to the rubric instead of taking the initiative to explore their learning. If the criteria that is in the rubric is too complex, students may feel overwhelmed with the assignment, and little success may be imminent. For the teacher creating the rubric, they may find the task of developing, testing, evaluating, and updating time consuming.

References:
http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/rubric/rubric_type.html http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/assessment/rubrics-in-the-classroom/when-to-use-a-rubric http://teachingcommons.depaul.edu/Feedback_Grading/rubrics/creating-rubrics.html http://epsyrubrics.wikifoundry.com/page/Advantages+and+Disadvantages+of+the+Rubric

My Analysis 1. What benefits have scoring rubrics brought to the teaching- learning process?

 Scoring rubrics brought many benefits in the teaching learning process. This includes the following: Clarify constraints with students, colleagues, other evaluators, administrators, and yourself. Communicate expectations with students: A rubric tells students what is expected of them, the grading criteria, what counts and what doesn't, how many points they will earn for each task, and how their work is graded. Bring objectivity to subjective scoring. Easy scoring and recording of it. Communicate grades with students: A graded rubric helps students understand how they were graded and what their areas of strength and weakness are.

2. How are scoring rubrics related to portfolio assessment? Portfolios are a kind of authentic assessment and because authentic assessments cannot be graded like traditional assessments, scoring rubrics is just one way to assess portfolios in order to increase the reliability of scores based on human judgment. 3. To get from scoring rubrics, what should be observed in the making and use of scoring rubrics? In making and using score rubrics. First you must have objectives included in the rubrics for a specific activity. A rubric must be definitive, quantitative and objective in nature. The scoring rubric is a device that guides you to keep track the corresponding score or credits that you may give to a particular task.

My Reflections
Reflect on this: Scoring Rubrics: Boon or Bane? Rubrics are used to assess how well a student is doing, academically, in certain areas. They are administered by teachers. As for me scoring rubrics is boon because it is very helpful to teachers and students. As for teachers, it helps them to give grades fairly to students in terms of their works and performances. And as for students, they keep track of their performances.

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Maam Nona with the Grade IV pupils

Sir Al with the Grade IV pupils